Hands-on with Macromedia Director in ScummVM 
The latest version of the ScummVM project adds support for Macromedia Director. It could be groundbreaking for game preservation. How well does it work right now? Let’s find out!
Category: Essay
Hands-on with Macromedia Director in ScummVM
The incredible boxes of Hock Wah Yeo
Hock Wah Yeo designed the most unusual boxes in the 90s game industry. They delighted game developers — and drove retailers up the wall. Take a close look at Yeo’s amazing boxes and the fight for the future of retail space.
When SimCity got serious: the story of Maxis Business Simulations and SimRefinery 
The creators of SimCity had a division that made Sim games for corporations. They were never released to the public. For the first time ever, this is the story of Maxis Business Simulations.
The dystopian information network of Perihelion: The Prophecy
A close reading of the NetWork, a dystopian internet service provider in the RPG Perihelion: The Prophecy and what it says about how we pay for information.
When a re-release gets unreleased
Old games get re-released all the time, but they also fall out of release again. That’s frustrating!
Hot dogs and history at Cyan Worlds
Cyan Worlds hosted an open house for the Mysterium fan convention in 2019, and a look inside their building was a look at a company embracing and enduring their history.
Visiting the old home of a multimedia studio
An accidental trip to the former offices of a CD-ROM developer and what that building says about the 90s multimedia industry.
Ten years of The Obscuritory 
The Obscuritory turns ten years old. A reflection on why I started it, how it’s grown, and what it means to me.
All games are a mess
When we celebrate weird crappy games, we celebrating the messy creative human experience.
What happens with old software copyright when nobody cares?
When an old piece of software is tacitly allowed to be shared for free, does that mean it’s okay?